pent the weekend using a procedural maneuver to essentially grind the chamber to a halt." While "the legislation will almost certainly pass despite Hagerty's protest," his effort "could raise the profile of a one-time Trump administration official eager to align himself with the former president, who ha

there's any doubt about it. ... I think they want to try to draw this out as long as they possibly can and hope and pray that Congress fails." But, Hagerty argues that "his reasoning for taking a stand has less to do with Trump and more about the measure increasing the federal deficit by about $256 bil